Confection-filling machine



March vl5 1927.

c. G. HALL coNFEcTIoN FILLING MACHINE Filed May 20, 1924 INVENToR l Zar/e5 Ha/ Patented Mar. 15, 1927..

UNITED STATES CHARLES HALL-OF PORTLAND, OREGON, ASSIGNOR TO NOVELTY FOOD OOBPORA- TION, OF BOISE, IDAHO, A CORPORATION OF IDAHO,

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My invention is for use in lling a confection container made of edible materials, wherein stratified cylindrical layers of the confection are deposited within the confection container. The materials are placed within containers having outlets therefrom rmitting the materia-ls under pressure to be deposited therefrom into the confectionV containers that are placed at the point of outlet of the materials from the confection filler machine. y Means are also provided ,for

the .easy access of the materials intol the' device and to stop the flow ofmaterials and the filling of, each container.

I attain these objects by mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which: v

Fig. 1 is a' sectional side elevation of the device made to shovg'the construction of the same in detail.

Fiegl. 2 is a partial fragmentary sectional to evation.

ig. 3`is a top elevation of the mechanism employed in stopping the flow of material 25. and cutting the `same into required lengths to fill the container. l Fig. 4 is a partial side elevation of the cutting-olf mec anism shown det-ached from the machine.

Fig. 5 shows a means for lilling 'a container cf smaller dimension than that illustratedin Fig. 1.

Like reference characters refer to like parts throughout .the different views.

The device is made of rigid materials having a'base 1, a. top member 1 and a closure shell 2 eonnectingthe base and the top member which may covered with an insulating material to better control the working 4o temperatures within the enclosed space. A

cylindrical hopper Shaving a sloping .bot-

tom and terminating in a restricted outlet 4 is used 'for the maintaining of filler confection materials such as ice cream and the 4i superimposed weights 6 attached for the forcing -of the ller materials through the lrestricted outlet and into theconfection container. The member 5 vis made to lit a working fit into theinner surface of the member 3 so as to create av pressure therein due to the superim ose'd weight 6, this is n because o' the' low plasticity ofv the con ecton filler material. Because of like and having a piston like member5 with my confection made of a series of.

19245. Serial No. 714,597.

and each arranged to permit the. depositof the contents within the-cylindrical layer to be deposited from the next 'hopper below. 7 is a hopper havinga slopingl bottom and' having a restricted outlet 8. Operating withinthe hopper 7 is va piston like member 10 and, also havinga superimposed weight v 11 for creating a pressure within the hopper 7. 12 is also a hopper like container Aand having a restricted outlet 13 leading therefrom." .superimposed above the hopper and working in conjunction therewith 1s also a piston like member 14 and supporting weights 15. 16 is also a hopper member.

.having an outlet 17 leading therefrom and having a piston like member ,.18 weighted with weights 19. In order to replenish the supply within the hopper like `containers `inlet pipes 9, 9 and 37 and 20 are providedwhich have cut olf valves 36 operating at the polnt of discharge into the hopper containers. These valves are each connected to the valve stem 35 which may be operated manually or by other suitable means. Bracket 21 is secured to the base 1 and 'through which the stem 22 passes 4and is held at the u perI end bypassing-through the closure 1. lid- I ably attached to the stem are arms 23 hav- .l

ing forked terminals 23'L for engagement about-the neck of the pistoni like members, and as the materialsare taken from the hoppersthese arms will pro ess down -the stem, and whent is desire the materials within the ho to replenish. pers the stem.

22 is raised until the projection 22 contacts with the under side of the arm 23 thus -raisf ing the same to the upper'end of the hopper, while in this raised position the valves 364 are opened andthe filler materials are permitted .to enter the hoppersbeneath the pis-A ton like members until the desired amount is secured, the valves are then closed and `thestem 22 is lowered at -which time the filling may then proceed. .Cooling tween the shell and the hopper members for the purpose of re Confection containers, that have .pre-

latingv the temperature sur- 'rounding the opper members. mi

viously made, upon a machine for making confections and Ithe like, application for patent is iled May 20, 1924, Serial Number 714,598, are placed within cups 33 that are passed beneath the discharge from the hoppers. A cutting oli' and filling chute 25 is provided thathas a series of guides corresponding to the outlets leading from the hopper. This member has a bell shapedupper end that encases 'the outlet so that all of the openings register with the corresponding openings leading thereto. .Y Jour` naled about shaft 26, which is held within bracket 26a are 'the cutting devices 27 andv 28 that operate throughv slots within member 25. The distance between these cut- A ting members determines the length of the filler materials that will be deposited Within the confection containers and act at the same timeA as a stop to prevent an excess of material flowing from the hoppers. If a smaller confection is required a tapered feeding and cutting mechanism as shown in Fig.

5 may be employed. In the event that it should be found desirable to heat the outside layer of filler material, or to 4reduce the temperature, for' any reason a jacket chamber, 42 is provided and which is supplied with a. temperature control pipe 43. I. have rovided a positive feeding mechanism for i e materials inthe hopper by a feed rod 38 having attached thereto a series of arms 39 which are connected to plungers 40 having a ring at their lower extremity 41 which forms a close working lit between the cylindrical walls for the outlet of materials from the hoppers, the stroke of these plungers being regulated tothe len h of u ection the material to be 'laced in the con container to-be illedi v v Having thus described 'my invention I wish to make thefollowing claims, tlierefor- 1. A confection filling machine, com risa bas e, an enclosure shellv disp on said base, and a to for said shell, a series of ho pers mounte on -said base, one abovethe o er, and having extended outlets concentrically disposed, a weighted piston for each hopper, means for cutting to length the completed assembled cylindrical layers..`

.2.l A confection filling machine, comprising a base, a topped closure shell mounted on said base, a series of hoppers mounted. on said base 'and within said shell, one above the other, extended outlets for said hop ers concentrically disposed, means mounte on the lower part of said concentric outlets, adapted to measure a predetermined vamount of material from said hoppers, .and means within said hoppers for forcing the material contained therein into said outlets.

3. A confection filling machine, comprising a base, a shell closure supported on said base, a top for said shell closure, a series of hoppers disposed in storied arrangement upon 4said base and Ywithin said shell closure, and adapted to the retention of confection iller material, concentrical cylindrical outlets disposed from said hoppers, and adapted to deliver concentricaLcylindrical confection, means disposed on said outlets to measure out a predetermined amount of confection material, meanswithinsaid hoppers adapted to force the confection material into Said outlets, plungers slidablymaintained within said outlets and adapted` to force the material thereinbontained a predetermined distance, and means to regulate the temperaftur'ev adjacent the hoppers..

4.' A confectioniilllngl machine, comprising a series 'of hoppers aving sloping bottoms arranged one above the other, and

centrlcally disposed centrally from the sloping bottoms of said hoppers, -means vfor forcing the material within said hoppers through said outlets, a means for maintains ing a pressure within the hoppers, means for maintaining a desired temperature in said hoppers disposed adjacent said hoxlpers, and lmeans for cutting the material 'scharged 'from said hoppers to a required length.

. CHARL hoppers, extended .cylindrical outlets, con' 

